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Full Audio of Public Lands Candidate Forum

Amy Hadden Marsh

On Thursday night, September 22nd, Colorado Wild Public Lands hosted a candidate forum featuring a dozen candidates seeking to represent the area on county commissions, in the state legislature and in Congress. Wilderness Workshop and Roaring Fork Conservancy co-presented and KDNK setup and ran the audio. Randy Essex, editor and publisher of the Post Independent, moderated. Over 150 people attended.

Guests included Gail Schwartz, candidate for Congress, state legislators Diane Mitsch Bush and Millie Hamner, state senate candidate Emily Tracy, Garfield County Commissioner John Martin, his opponent John Acha, Eagle County Commissioners Kathy Chandler-Henry and Jill Ryan, plus their opponents Rick Beveridge and Michael Dunahay, along with Pitkin County Commissioner candidates Greg Poschman and Scott Writer. 

PublicLandsCandidateForum_Pt2.mp3
Part Two

Gavin became one of the youngest station managers in public radio on February 1, 2017. He is a writer and producer with a passion for community media. Prior to starting at KDNK as news director in 2016, Gavin worked for national radio programs Alternative Radio with David Barsamian and Nonprofit Radio with Tony Martignetti along with local stations KGNU Boulder, KYRS Spokane, KRBX Boise, KAOS Olympia, and Air America Radio affiliate KPTK Seattle. His nonprofit management experience includes Open Media Foundation, where he led a government transparency team, and Common Frequency, where his policy advocacy supported dozens of noncommercial radio startups. Boulder Weekly, Raw Story, Austin American-Statesman, Boise Weekly, and The Sopris Sun have published his reporting. His TV credits include directing teams at Colorado Channel, crewing for Democracy Now!, and hosting on Free Speech TV. He graduated from the Evergreen State College in 2008 with a BA in media production and community organizing.
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